The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-06-02

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his highway Of life, Mr.. Collier has
finally consented to write down, in
the hope that his experience may
be the means of aiding others to
escape the dark days that threaten
all lives.
Not in the slightest, to "intro
duce" Mr.. Collier to the people of |
this city, but to show 70 the outside
world how he is regarded at home,
we give the testimony of q few of
his fellow-citlzens who have state,
and some a national fame:
MAYORS OFFICE,
PETERSBURG, VA, April is, 81.
To qvhom It mag Concern
This is 20 certify that Mr.. James
Z. Collier, citizen of Petersburg,
is gentleman of high social stand
ing, of culture, of integrity of char
acter, and entirely worthy of belief.
7. ]. JARRATT, Mayor,
WILLIAM E. CAMERON,
Ex-Governor of Virginia,
r. p. BARHAM,
Editor Petersburg Index-Appeal,
Gen. STITH BOILING.
GEO. c. GARY,
Proprietor Hotel Gary.
Now word about Mr. Collier for
ourselves. He was a successful
practitioner of the law when the
war broke out. After the war, he
devoted himself to farming, during
! which time he suffered the aff1iction
referred to. Two years ago Mr..
Collier came into the city from his
country place and engaged in the
flour milling business with his
brother who runs here one of the
| largest mills in the entire south.
His present occupation has brought
him into almost daily contact with
the business men of the city; and it
is safe to say that no private citizen
is better known and more generally
beloved than is Mr.. James E. Col
lier. Here is Mr.. Golfers letter.
No. 242 ADAMS STREET,
PETERSBURG, VA, April IS, 81.
iS,ci5t Specific Co., atlanta, Go:
Gentlemen-Yo on will pardon me
in being little long in this Letter,
for l am DESTROYS that you snail
know the details of the most won
| derful cure of myself by S. S. S.
In 1871 kind of rash broke out
on my forehead that stung severely,
The next year at about the same
time (the falD my forehead was
covered with boils, which lasted
two or three weeks. In 1873, in
September, nay face swelled up so
that l was unreeognizable for three
months. During this time a yellow
acrid water continually ran from
my face. Then scabs would form,
and the acrid discharge continue
until my skin was as thick as sole
leather. My face was as hard and
smooth, save when the scabs would
form, as billiard ball. The face
these months was swollen up, even
with my nose, and but for the crease
| between the nose and cheeks, the
nose was not observable.
After the running would stop,
having run two weeks, the swelling
During the subsiding the face was
very red. AS soon as the cheeks
had gone down to almost their
normal size, my whole face would
begin to throb like painful boil
and the throbbing was quite as
painful as the worst boil. When
the swelling was up to the highest,
the acrid yellow discharge began,
and it lasted about two weeks.
This swelling, running and scab-
bing lasted fifteen gears. During
those years there was no i,atermission
of the agony described, I was all
the time under the best physicians
who pronounced my case exagger-
ated eczema, or eczema IN its worst
form So serious was the case that
one of the physicians asked me to
go to Philidelphia with him, and
put myself under the skin special
lists of that city.
My appetite had become poor,
and my digestion was so weak, that
i could not even eat boiled chicken.
Night after night have L gone. to
bed with a tumbler of water and
spoonful of soda by, my side; and /
always drank it before morning to
get relief from thee oppression of
dyspepsia.
! had become gloomy, and almost
hopeless. My farming interests